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Gabrielle Union talks overcoming surrogacy fears and releases ‘LA’s Finest’ TV trailer

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Ava DuVernay took the helm of Time magazine for the optimism issue. (Time)

Ava DuVernay shades Liam Neeson in Twitter lesson on white privilege and helms Time magazine issue on optimism

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North Carolina radio stations drop R. Kelly from playlists

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Australia looks to ban R. Kelly; Not welcomed in ‘Land Down Under’

Local politicians in Australia want to ban R. Kelly from entering the country this week, after he announced a tour…
/ February 6, 2019

Trevor Noah mocks SOTU, Prez needed more time to practice big words

During a special episode entitled State of the Union 2019: Uncancelled — LIVE, the Trevor Noah mocked Trump’s pronunciation and…
/ February 6, 2019
Heatwave in NYC thegrio.com

Hot in here! Record highs make it hard for folk to deny global warming

2018 set the record as the Earth’s fourth highest surface temperature in the almost 140 years of recording these metrics.
/ February 6, 2019
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax thegrio.com

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax sexual assault accuser, Vanessa Tyson, speaks out: ‘I suffered from both deep humiliation and shame’

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is being accused of sexual assault by Vanessa Tyson, who has made the details her…
/ February 6, 2019

Maxine Waters skips SOTU and drags President Trump: “He doesn’t know the rules of the game” (VIDEO)

[griojw id=”cR7oNM6g” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Congresswoman Maxine Waters doesn’t suffer fools. During her recent Millennial Media Row event prior to the State of
/ February 6, 2019

Beto O’Rourke opens up to Oprah Winfrey about potential presidential campaign

NEW YORK (AP) — Breaking months of near-silence about his political future, Democrat Beto O’Rourke said Tuesday that he would…
/ February 6, 2019
Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez picked to do Grammys’ Motown tribute, but she’s getting side eyes

[griojw id=”6tSYpHmn” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   The Black History Month-observing public is wondering why, after years of racial criticisms, the Grammys selected
/ February 6, 2019
Tina- The Tina Turner Musical thegrio.com

Adrienne Warren set to star as Tina Turner in new Broadway musical

Actress Adrienne Warren will continue her role as Tina Turner on Broadway in the biopic musical based on the legendary…
/ February 6, 2019
EJ Bradford

Protests erupt, flags burned after cop who killed Ala. man in mistaken shooting cleared

Angered that a police officer who shot EJ Bradford by accident last Thanksgiving, demonstrators sent a message to authorities about…
/ February 6, 2019
Tyra Banks thegrio.com

Tyra Banks announces her new theme-park business venture: Modelland

Tyra Banks reveals that she will be breaking ground in a new way, having secretly been working on her latest venture,…
/ February 6, 2019
Van Jones thegrio.com

Van Jones on Trump’s SOTU: It was a ‘psychotically incoherent,’ mix of ‘cookies and dog poop’

Van Jones, who normally encourages cooperation from both Democrats and Republicans, laid into the president about his State of the…
/ February 6, 2019
O.J. Simpson thegrio.com

‘Man up!’: O.J. Simpson sends a message to his ‘buddy’ Donald Trump and Roger Stone

O.J. Simpson, who is no stranger to trouble, had some advice for the President Trump and warned him about the…
/ February 6, 2019